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The lighthouse tree lantern from the original Swallows and Amazons film has come to light

by Nancy Blackett

The lighthouse tree lantern from the original Swallows and Amazons film still exists, and has an unexpected connection to We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, writes Sophie Neville… I received an interesting series of emails recently from a stonemason called Philip Chatfield: “Hi Sophie, I was watching Swallows and Amazons, the old classic, on […]

A marathon reading of Winter Holiday is coming to Windermere Jetty

by Nancy Blackett

A marathon reading of Arthur Ransome’s classic story Winter Holiday is happening at Windermere Jetty on Sunday (30th January). The all-day event has been organised by writer and lecturer Chris Routledge, in association with The Arthur Ransome Trust. He also staged a similar readings of Swallows and Amazons on the shore of Coniston Water in […]

Points to add to the 3rd edition of ‘The Secrets of Making Swallows and Amazons’ (1974): Part five

by Nancy Blackett

Sophie Neville continues her exploration of new memories to include in the next edition of The Secrets of Making Swallows and Amazons (1974)… The International Movie Database (IMDB) lists Billy Mayerl’s composition Marigold as being included in the original film of Swallows and Amazons. This intrigued me. I looked up the music as I couldn’t […]

Memories to add to the third edition of The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974) – part three

by Nancy Blackett

Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in time for the film’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Many people have fond memories of watching the original movie of Swallows […]

The Swallows and Armenians audiobook lands on Audible

by Nancy Blackett

The audiobook of Swallows and Armenians is now available for free from Audible. Swallows and Armenians is Karen Babayan’s story of the Anglo-Armenian Altounyan family who inspired Arthur Ransome to write his first book of fiction for children, Swallows and Amazons, which has gone on to be a classic of Lake District mythology. The short […]

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